Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari praised striker Nicolas Anelka following their 3-0 win at West Brom.

The win was particularly significant for the Blues, as it helped Chelsea rewrite the history books and equal Tottenham's 47-year-old record of 10 successive away wins in the top flight.

And Scolari was full of praise for Anelka, who has now scored eight times in the last four matches, but preferred to heap the praise for the record-equalling run on his players rather than take credit himself.

He said: "Anelka is happy because he has more confidence. The players, the fans believe more in Anelka than before. They give him more chance to score goals.

"Anelka is a very good player, has good skill, good delivery, good shots. In all the games now he is scoring one or two goals. It is fantastic for us.

"As for the away record, I think my players know about this. They are more happy and they want to try to extend more times this record.

"It is a record not for me. It is for Chelsea. Seven of the wins came when I am coach and three before. For our players, it is very good.

"But we have lost many points at home and we need to recover these points away."